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Tag Archives: Editorial Comment
Dog Tired
I think I’m suffering from a spot of burn out. All the signs are there: not overly tired but unable to raise myself to get into anything for any length of time. It’s not like I haven’t been varying my … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Reading, Travel, Writing
Tagged Amsterdam, Animals, burn out, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Fiction, Film & TV, fire, Fire Service, Freelance, GDR's, Hunting Jack, Love Hurts, Mopsy, novel, Paul Auster, rabbit, Reading, sequel, Slick, The Brooklyn Follies, Writing
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Irritated Man Boobs
Having to work late in the day job last night, then going home to work on the website, then getting up early to go straight back into the day job again, only feels like one is working constantly without a … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Editorial Comment, Freelance, I.T., Poetry, Reading, Writing
Tagged Amsterdam, articles, Brooklyn Follies, chapbook, Day Job, diet, Editorial Comment, Freelance, Holiday, novel, Paul Auster, Poetry, Reading, Silly Poems for Wee People Vol.2, Slick, Writing
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Did I Do Something Wrong?
I was very moved and saddened this morning, when I read they had found the body of Mark Speight hanging from a building near Paddington Station yesterday. Normally I resent it when people take their own lives, but in this … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Editorial Comment, Family, Freelance, Writing
Tagged articles, Day Job, Editorial Comment, Freelance, friends, I.T., Mark Seight, novels, Slick, suicide, websites, Writing
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Jealousy’s Not For Me
I see yesterday’s blog entry about a certain Mr. Pete Doherty created a healthy level of debate. Nice to see so much excitement around on a Friday. I stand by what I said of the guy, but I can see … Continue reading
Doherty In The Doldrums
I neglected to mention how the British justice system has finally got its finger out and done something good by jailing that complete tosser, Pete Doherty. This is a man (sic) who has gotten away way with so much purely … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Editorial Comment, Freelance, Reading, Sport, Writing
Tagged articles, characters, Editorial Comment, Fiction, Football, novel, Pete Doherty, Rangers, Slick, UEFA Cup, Wormwood Scrubs, Writing
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A Successful, But Weird Day
I had the weirdest, gayest dream last night, which I’m not going into. Let’s just say I’ll never look at Irvine Welsh or a transsexual Thai person in the same way ever again. I suppose that’s what I get after … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Freelance, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Scotland, Travel, Writing
Tagged Amsterdam, chapbook, Day Job, Edinburgh, Editing, Editorial Comment, Fiction, freelance writing, Irvine Welsh, Jekyll and Hyde, novel, Poems for Pints, Poetry, Poetry Super Highway, pubs, Ranfurly Review, Rick Lupert, Silly Poems for Wee People Vol.2, St. Andrew Square, Submissions, Thailand, toilets, transsexual, Writing
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Celebrities Taking The Literary Piss
What’s happening in the literary world with celebrities? For a while we have seen celebrity biographies hitting the shelves in favour of genuine works of cultural benefit, which has culminated in Weidenfeld & Nicolson being slated for “turning its back … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial Comment, Freelance, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged Ant & Dec, articles, bald, BBC, biographies, Blogging, Books, celebrities, Daily Writing Tips, Editorial Comment, freelance writing, Lily Allen, Orange Prize for Fiction, publishers, Research, Scruffy Dog Review, Writing
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Rat Pack Unleashed
Gail and I had a nice evening at the Playhouse last night to see the Rat Pack Live From Las Vegas show. We shot up town after work and had a meal in the Theatre Royal Bar – I went … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Music, Writing
Tagged dinner, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, GDR's, meal, Playhouse Theatre, Rat Pack
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Freedom from the Mundane 
An Empty Hoose!
I felt much more enthused after taking yesterday off to wind down. I could think straight, focus, and the creative trickle that had been before, was replaced with a stronger flowing river; not in spate (yet), but flowing nevertheless. I … Continue reading →